I'm a multi-tenure chief digital officer, have turned digital opportunities to commercial outcomes for over 21 years.
I have studied/lived/worked in the US, UK, Japan & India, headed large digital teams, and led transformations of USD BB+ leverage.
In my prior roles, I'm credited with
(a) Accelerating Adani Ports and Logistics businesses into India's largest marine-rail-road marketplace.
(b)Enabling Mahindra's Automotive and Farm sector to hyperconverged digital experiences from demand forecasting to customer loyalty.
(c) Solving Nissan's Top-10 dissatisfactions through AI-platforms. Improving decision-speed of CXOs.
(d) Converging Ford's Global Order to Delivery - platforms and people (GCC).
(e) Founding & Steering Strategic Initiatives for HP's Insurance, Auto, Govt Clients.
I've received awards from, spoken at, and held jury positions at ET-CIO, FutureCIO, CIO-Insider, CIO Sync, InnovativeCIO, DynamicCIO, Exito Summits (Africa, Asia, North America), Digital Marketing Asia, UX & Digital Design Week, and Mobile Growth Summit 2020 & 2021.
I serve on the jury and advisory committee of NASSCOM DeepTech Club, and have advised global startups from Porsche Digital Ventures, StartupGrind and Startup AutoBahn.
I'm thankful to technology and research partners for their generous positioning at Microsoft RoundTable (Board), Microsoft Cross Industry Solutions, GartnerCIO Leadership Forum, SAP Transformation Business Leaders Forum, Databricks Partner Showcase, Kissflow CIO Summits (2018-21), TheDigitalWorkplace, IDC Digital Experience, Dell AR Showcase (2019-21) and more.
I mentor students, author courses & deliver focused sessions at IIMs, ISB, IITs, Anna Univ, Fore School of Mgt and Symbiosis Inst.
